Keeping our people safe around high voltage The primary goal of the Electrical Safety Delivery (ESD) programme is aimed at improving electrical safety by introducing new technologies and changes in the way we work around high voltage, supporting Network Rail’s safety vision of “everyone home safe every day”. The majority of the time, people go […]
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The Railway Sustainability Design Guide has been put together by the Sustainable Land Use Programme with Aecom to provide a resource of materials to support the sustainable management of the railway estate. The guide is available on this link (https://planengageuk.alytics.com/networkrail-digital-sdg/home) but is also published as pdf documents on this page. Background The Government review in […]
Route Services Supply Chain Operations This overview of guidance and information is intended for use by all customers of Heavy Critical Resource and services provided via Route Services Supply Chain Operations (SCO) contracts (including Track Treatment and rail delivered supply of materials) to aid production of Safe Work Packs Safe Method of Working documents SCO […]
Creating a railway that is safe and more resilient to the effects of weather, now and in the future. How does weather affect our assets? Weather is what can be observed over a short period of time, such as intense or prolonged rainfall, heatwaves, cold snaps, hurricanes and snow. For example, excessive rainfall can flood […]
Your body is like an engine – it needs good fuel in order to work properly. Yet knowing what a healthy diet involves can be confusing. The best principles of healthy eating are those of the Mediterranean diet that includes lots of vegetables and nuts, moderate amounts of meat and fish, and healthy oils like […]
Keeping your heart healthy, whatever your age, is one of the most important things you can do for your long-term health. Unfortunately, around one in three of all deaths is caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD), which involves narrowed or hardened blood vessels. Whilst some of this can be caused by things we can’t control, such […]
Traumatic Events At some point in your working life it’s possible you may witness or be involved in a traumatic event. Accidents and illnesses can happen out of the blue, at work and in our personal lives too, so it helps to know how you might react and the best way to handle these situations. […]
Network Rail and its supply chain have created a series of Toolbox Talks to help you meet minimum requirements in relation to managing sustainability risks and improving environmental and social performance. See the full list below. If you are unable to find the guidance you are looking check out our collection of Guidance Notes or […]
The Electrical Safety Step Up is one part of the Electrical Safety Culture strategy and framework describing our ambitions to address cultural change and recommendations from electrical incidents.
